Estimated Literacy Rate in Mauritania
Latest available observation · 2020
59.53%
%
Data nature: derived
Among 41 countries with comparable values, Mauritania ranks 40.
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What the data says
Mauritania's latest available estimated literacy rate value is 59.53%, reported for 2020.
Among 41 countries with comparable values, Mauritania ranks 40.
This rank describes the available comparable sample and is not a complete ranking of every country.
The comparable-sample median is 93.85%.
This value is classified as derived data.
This country value is labelled reported.
Higher share of adults who can read and write.
Source & how to read it
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- Source
- OurBlueDot derived indicator
- Original producer
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Unit
- %
- Period
- 2020
- Data nature
- derived
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